Barrel truck



April 9, 1940- w. T. BISSELL 2,196,822 7 BARREL TRUCK Filed May 1, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII:

INVENTOE MAL/AM 75/555;

Patented A r. 9, 1940 t t I 2 195 2 2" BARREL TRUCK i. William- T. Bi'ssell, Indianapolis, ma, assigiior' to Journal Box Servicing Corporation, Indianapolis,'lnd., acorporation'of Indiana I Application May 1, ,1939,,Serial No. 270,986

' 3 Claims. (01. 214-654):

This'invention relates to truck means intended in rear elevation and partial section of theliftprimarily to lift and transportoil drums and the ing' bar. i

like which often weigh from three to four 'hun- Like characters of reference indicatelike parts dred pounds when fill d. The invention, of. throughout the several views in the drawings; '5 course, is not limited tothe handling of any par- I provide a pair of side rails I'll and H, the 5 ticular commodity carried in the drums since upper ends of which are preferably spread apart these drums arev commonly employed to hold not and curved toform suitable handles. The lower only'oil but other fluids and even solids. Hereends of. theserails ill and H are mounted upon tofore it has been a common practice to employ I an axle I? which, extends through therespecif) a truck having a lower lip which required the tive rails and:carries the wheels l3 and'ldxon manual lifting of the drum so as to tilt it suffiits outer ends. Y cientlyto permit the entrance of that lower truck -.A-lif ting bar I5 is carried between the rails I0 tongue'under thebottom-of' the drum. This is and II in spaced relationabove the axle l2. This an exceedingly difficult operation when the bar. may be either mounted in .fixed position or 5 drums are shipped in a car and packed in thecar to be adjustably spaced; from the axle l2 along without any room for shifting therebetween. In therails. Where the truck is to be used upon fact one man isnot able to place a drum on a drums that may vary inheight, it is preferable truck by himself but requires at least one assistthat this bar l5 be of the adjustablev type. In ant to .work the drum out into a position where. the form herein shown, the. bar 15 is adjustably go it can be. lifted. i J

It is a'primary purpose of my invention to proend portions enlarged and bored through to envide a truck which may be wheeled .up directly gage over the-rails witha sliding fit. While any to a drum without any element of the truck havsuitable securing means may be employed to fix ing to be inserted under the drum, and which the bar 15 at the desired elevationione suchfix- 2'5 will grasp the drum in such a manner that it ing means mayconstitute a pair of rods l6 and 1, may be tilted back upon the truck by simply pullll' each having their outer ends sliding through ing the truck rearwardly by its operating hanahole in the portion of the ,barwhich' surrounds dles. v its respective rail to extend on through intoa A further important object of the invention is s t d hole of a s s vi d in t e rai h to provide'an exceedingly simple truck thathas "'inner'endsof'the rods lfi 'and I? are DiVOtQJIY '30 relatively few parts and that.may:be operated connected to a bracket 58 that is pivoted at its 7 without-the requirement of any skill n the part central point. An operating h n It extends of the operator; The design of the truck is such .from the bracket" d is'llreferably Wei that it is in reality a skeleton'form and, theres to m into a downwardly fore, is of light weight permitting it to'be easily tending pos t o wh nbq e n H r handled not only when loading but also when f e e outwardly mto rafl-engagmg p051" 1ons. p v j I l i se and many other objects and advantages Q the forward side Q the r is ,centmuy of the invention will become apparent to 1 those posltlpned admin engagmg foot herem Shown 40 versed in the art in the following description of as bemgspaced forwardly from the bar by 40 spacer 2! welded toor integrally formed with 9 pamcular the 3 illustrated both the bar l5 and the foot 20;. Preferably the in the accompanylng drawings, in which r foot 20, while of short transverse length, is curved Fig. 1 1s a side elevation of a structure emb0dy-- to conform general to the curvature of the ing the invention as initially positioned to en-,

a drumi Referring to Fig. 1, the bar I5'islifted and se- Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same structure cured in that positionvwherein the foot 20 may n transporting P o W the drum thereon? be brought up against the underside of the top i P1811? ie of the Structure in posicover retaining. ring 22 of the drum 23 to have the on s Indicated 1n 1 rails l9 and .H. inclined'to the drum so as to 50 Fig. 4, a transverse section .on the line 4-4 in. pace t Wheels 13 and m t distance twardly from the base of the drum. With the a detail on a enlarged S a e n Section truck in this position, the opposite side of the on the line 55 in Fig. 3; and I 'drum 23 isengaged to hold the drum against the Fig. 6, a detail on a still furtherenlarged scale J foot 20. This is accomplished by means of a rod 5'.

rem? ot er T positioned along the rails 10 and H by havingizo I cylindrical portion of the drum to be handled. 4 v

swinging around toward a vertical plane, the rod 7 M is provided with a guide pin 29 to extend upwardly through a slot provided through the sleeve 27. The sleeve 21 carries an arm 30 which extends downwardly from its under side to enter between a pair of ears 3! and 32 extending rearwardly from the bar l5, where the arm 30 is rockably engaged by a pin 33 passing through the ears 3| and 32 and the arm. The arms 25 ,and 26 may thus be controlled on the control nut 28. The outer hooked arms may be brought back into engagement with the drum ring 22 by running the nut 28 up on the rod 24 as may be required. Ordinarily no further adjustment is required by the nut 28 once the arms 25 and 25 have been initially set since slight variations between the hooked ends of these arms and the foot 28 may be compensated for by further. tilting of the side rails 10 and H.

With the truck thus brought up to the drum 23, the operator may then grip the upper ends of the rails in and H and pull rearwardly thereon while he pushes forwardly on the axle 52 with one of his feet. This action brings the wheels 13 and i4 inwardly toward the drum 23 while at the same time the drum is tilted back toward the truck to have the vertical load initially taken on the foot 20. A lower cradle bar 34 is provided across the lower ends of the rails I0 and II above the axle 12, against which bar 34 the lower portion of the drum 23 may bear. By reason of the curvature of the bar 34 conforming substantially to that of the drum, the drum 23 will have no tendency to roll sideways from the truck after it is brought over into the position as indicated in Fig. 2. It is to be observed that when the truck is pushed by its lower end toward the drum23 from the position indicated in Fig. 1, there will be a lifting action on that side of the drum adjacent the truck so that the drum 23 may then be swmig back over the truck as the truck wheels are carried on ahead. As indicated in Fig. 4, the cradle bar at in the form herein shown is supported from the rails H! and H by the respective legs 35 and 36.

While I have herein shown and described my invention in the one particular form, it is obvi- 2,196,822 24 which is rockably carried by the bar 15 to ous that structural changes may be employed without departing from the spirit of the invention and I, therefore, do not desire to be limited to that precise form beyond the limitations as may be imposed by the following claims.

I claim:

1. In a hand truck, a pair of spaced apart rails terminating by their upper ends in handles, supporting wheels at the lower ends of the rails, an upper bar extending transversely between and engaging said rails, a forwardly extending foot carried by said bar, a rod rockably carried by the bar to extend forwardly of said foot, spaced apart downturned hooks on the outer end of the rod, and a lower bar extending across and carried by said rails, means for adjustably interengaging said bar with said rails at selected positions therealong, and means for adjusting the extension of said hooked ends from said bar.

2. In a hand truck for a metal drum having a laterally protruding ring therearound at its top edge, a pair of spaced apart rails terminating in handles at their upper ends, an axle carried by the lower ends of the rails, wheels on the axle,

an arcuate top bar carried by and between said rails sufficiently high to have its top edge engage the under side of said drum ring when said rails are sloped toward the drum with the wheels spaced outwardly from the base of the drum, a member hingedly supported between. said rails to swing vertically above and forwardly of said bar for engagement with the forward side of said ring, means for adjusting the length of the last member to regulate its engagement with the ring, a lower arcuate bar carried by said rails and located and formed for engagement with the drum at a distance above its base.

3. In a truck for transporting drums or: bar rels having an upper rib, a handle structure, supporting wheels at the lower endof the structure, an upper foot carried by the structure for drum contact under said rib, a member carried by the structure to extend across the top ofthe drum and engage thereover, and a lowercradle carried by said structure to support the lower part of the drum by contact with the side wall thereof, said handlestructure comprising a pair of spaced apart rails and a top bar between the rails, to which bar said upper foot is attached, a tie bar interconnecting saidrails back of said top bar, said top bar being secured to and extended forwardlyof the tie bar, and said member having a sleeve through which it passes hinged to said tie bar, and a nut screw-threadedly engaging the member and abutting the end of the sleeve. 1

WILLIAM T. BISSELL. 

